More than $3 billion worth of US goods - from bourbon and corn to Harley Davidson motorcycles - are now under a 25 percent tariff in the European Union, in retaliation for the Trump administration's tariffs that hit the EU, Mexico and Canada earlier this month.

Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics, said: "While German-made cars accounted for 4% of Q1-18 USA sales, American-made cars made only 1.3% of German registrations in the first quarter. In 2017, 17.2m vehicles were sold in the USA, compared with 15.6m in the EU and European Free Trade Association countries.

The United States has granted exemptions to some products from Japan and four other countries from its additional tariffs on steel imports, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

The German auto industry supports talks to reduce auto tariffs between the US and European Union, but only as part of a larger trade negotiation. The tariffs, mostly at 25 percent, are designed in part to "make noise" by targeting politically important states like Kentucky, Florida, and Wisconsin, EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said.

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he sits on a truck while he welcomes truckers and CEOs to attend a meeting regarding healthcare at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2017. Trump imposed tariffs of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on imported aluminium from the European Union on June 1.

Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs on C$16.6 billion (RM50 billion) worth of United States exports from July 1.

Another one of Trump's Friday morning tweets was directed at Mexico, and he took on a much friendlier tone than usual when discussing the NAFTA partner's trade and immigration policies. The new tariffs will go into affect August 4.

Ronaldo header lifts Portugal over MoroccoJun 21, 2018 - 04:30
Morocco's Nordin Amrabat has slammed the lack of use of VAR during his side's 1-0 defeat to Portugal . Good afternoon and a warm welcome to our coverage of the Group B game between Morocco and Portugal .

Prince Louis' christening to be held at Chapel Royal on July 9Jun 21, 2018 - 04:28
Kate worked right up until she was eight moths pregnant with Prince George , returning to work just five weeks after giving birth. His christening will be the first time Prince Louis has been spotted in public since his birth at St Mary's Hospital in London.

Trump orders tariffs on $200B more Chinese goodsJun 20, 2018 - 02:59
Trade Representative's office to identify $200 billion in imports from the Asian nation for additional tariffs of 10 percent. President Trump announced today that he's retaliating for China's retaliation against last week's tariff announcement.

US withdraws from United Nations human rights bodyJun 20, 2018 - 02:45
Among reforms the United States had pushed for was to make it easier to kick out member states with egregious rights records. Under President Barack Obama the United States was elected for a maximum two consecutive terms on the council by the U.N.

Republicans turn on Trump's 'cruel' border policyJun 20, 2018 - 02:08
Under the policy, all unlawful crossings are referred for prosecution - a process that moves adults to the custody of the U.S. Mike Coffman of Colorado, said he's willing to endorse the Feinstein bill if that's what it takes.

Salah to line out against hosts for EgyptJun 18, 2018 - 18:50
The brief celebration took place upon the team's arrival back in their Grozny hotel after the flight from Yekaterinburg, where they played their opening match.

Griezmann hits VAR penalty as France squeeze past AussiesJun 18, 2018 - 18:08
In the first game on Saturday, in sunny Kazan, though, the VAR was front and centre, with the referee Andre Cunha kept a busy man. They were ponderous and looked short of ideas in attack and Australia can consider themselves unlucky not to get a point.

First lady Melania Trump 'hates' to see families separated at borderJun 18, 2018 - 16:51
US protocol prohibits detaining children with their parents because the children are not charged with a crime and the parents are. The facility was erected as other facilities reach capacity, due to the Trump administration's "Zero Tolerance" policy .